It took a while for the doctor to leave Oikawa's room, the lack of news having a devastating effect on Iwaizumi and Oikawa's parents but eventually everything seemed to calm down as the man approached.

"We're going to take Tooru for another brain scan in a few minutes just to check everything is okay. He's stable at the moment, so you can either wait in his room, in the family room or go to the cafeteria and we'll contact you when he's back" the doctor informed them.

All three decided to wait in the boys room. The hospital porter entered the room to wheel Oikawa to the scan room. "Wait" his mother cried, walking towards the boy and bending to kiss his cheek, as did his father. Iwaizumi bent down and whispered in the boys ear as he held his hand, "please come back to me, please don't leave me. I love you Tooru." They all watched intently as the boy was wheeled out of the room.

Iwaizumi could feel eyes on him as he looked up to see Oikawa's parents staring at him sadly. "I need to get some air" the boy announced whilst walking towards the door, "will you message me if they bring him back and I'm not here?"Oikawa's dad nodded at him to indicate that he would.

As the boy got to the outside gardens his phone rang, his heart felt like it would pop out of his mouth until he saw 'Incoming call Kanji'. "Hey" he answered dully. "How are you" the boy asked. "Like I'm about to lose the love of my life" Iwaizumi replied. He knew it was wrong to say that to the boy that he had been dating but he didn't care.

There was an obvious intake of breath, "you love him?" the boy gasped. "More than anything" Iwaizumi answered. "So what am I?" Iwaizumi knew that he was being unkind but he couldn't hold back anymore, couldn't settle for someone who wasn't Oikawa. "I'm sorry but I can't help how I feel. I've loved him since we first met, when we were children and I was trying to get over him but it's impossible." "What happens if he dies? Will you come running back to me" Kanji shouted. "Don't ever say something like that again, if he dies, I die." Iwaizumi replied coldly, hanging up on the boy.

He had been sat there a few more minutes when his phone buzzed again, it was Oikawa's dad. "He's back".

Iwaizumi walked through the hallways trying to calm himself before he reached the door. He stopped still trying to regulate his breathing, trying to calm himself.

"Iwa" he heard someone shout as he turned around to look at whoever was calling him, it was Kuroo and Bokuto. "Hey bro, how is he?" Kuroo asked, concern evident in his voice. He didn't answer. "Iwa, are you okay?" Bokuto asked looking intently at him.

Iwaizumi felt the panic rise within him like something was squeezing his heart in a vice, he couldn't breathe, couldn't see, his vision blurred. He could hear Kuroo and Bokuto shouting to him but he felt like they were far away and under water and then nothing.

' When you hurt under the surface'
' Like troubled water, running cold'
' Well time will heal, but this won't'

SO BEFORE YOU GO ............